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matija.martinec
matija.martinec over 10 years ago

So i myself am a big arduino fanboy, I spend more than 2h a day learning something new with arduino, but how can I get others (mostly my friends) interested too.

NOTE - they mostly don't like ,as they call it "smart stuff", but if I could somehow only show them cool stuff you can do with it, but I have no idea how image.I would really like to do some kind of a club in which we could have fun and learn stuff.

 

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to matija.martinec +4
    the only problem is that they really don't do anything else than drinking Might be time to find a new set of friends. The old saying about leading a horse to water, but you can't make them drink, applies…
  • clem57
    clem57 over 10 years ago +3
    Matija, What do your friends do? Find something they do and you can naturally incorporate the Arduino. Like a door bell that when you push plays your favorite MP on a speaker! The Arduino should be able…
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 10 years ago +3
    Hi Matija, Another idea is to look around and see if you can find some new friends who do share your interests. I spent a lot of time trying to get my friends interested in electronics but for the most…
  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 10 years ago in reply to iexpress

    related to Jason's comment there's the "Shrimping it" project that has some really cheap Atmel based projects to make and shows you how make an "Arduino" on a breadboard or stripboard.

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